Spellbound Poetry Slam: 3rd Team Qualifier

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The Spellbound Poetry Slam Team is back with another slam season!! Spellbound is currently ranked 3rd in the USA‼️

Poets from all over the state and beyond come to compete for a spot on our team!! These poets bring amazing poems and leave their all on our stage! Join us and witness more history in the making‼️🔥

Tickets: 🎟

Audience member tickets:

Competing poet tickets:

(We accept Cash, Cashapp, and Venmo at the door.)

Show Info: 🎤

Rules/Details: 📜

Up to 10 (12...we're considering) poets will present their original work for the audience.

There will be 5 judges selected from the audience who will score each poem from 0.0 to 10.0 using decimals to minimize ties.

There will be 3 rounds! ALL ROUNDS ARE CLEAN SLATE‼️This means scores for each round only matter to that round!!

Poets, come ready with 3 poems of your original work! You must perform your own poems.

Poets will have 3:00 minutes with a 10 second grace period to perform their poems. In a normal poetry slam, .5 is deducted for every 10 seconds a poet goes over the 3 minute and 10 second time limit. However, Spellbound was created by an English major who has a grudge against extra math, so once a poet goes beyond the time limit, that poet will be disqualified from moving on within the poetry slam.

The cuts for each round will ultimately be determined by the number of poets who sign up to compete. If a tie happens for 1st place, there will be a final head to head round. The judges will select between Poet A and Poet B with the majority vote winning. Be ready! This COULD be a 1 minute lightning round!

Time starts when the poet engages the audience. (Tip/trick - Save on time - don't give disclaimers before you begin your poem.)

No props, costumes, or anything are allowed to accompany the poet's work.

We follow ADA guidlines when it comes to accessibility and the possible usage of certain devices and or items that are designed to help make the stage, performances, and poems more accessible.

The top 2 poets of the night will earn their spots in our Grandslam in December that will determine who makes it onto Spellbound's 2026 competing team! 🏆

See you soon! Let us know if you have any questions.

IG: @spellboundpoetryslam

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Email: spellboundpoetryslam@gmail com

Host or Publisher Michelle Dodd